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Roblox argues 8-year-old waived rights in wrongful death lawsuit (www.courier-journal.com)

submitted 2 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Can an 8-year-old waive their rights to sue a company by clicking a box?

That's the stance of Roblox, an online gaming platform that bills itself as a digital playground.

The argument comes as the $41-billion company is embroiled in a lawsuit with the family of a Northern Kentucky child whose death by suicide, her mother says, is related to use of the platform.

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't know why you're getting downvoted; this is far from being a fringe idea. Rather, it is well established and being studied. (Look at the About pages for an idea of who is behind research such as this.) To extrapolate that it is being done for political gain is no far leap, lol.

Roblox is a known nexus for this kind of activity (pick one, lol) and why wouldn't it be? It's one of the places where all the children are there and unsupervised.